Posted on 04/12/2006 11:47:58 AM PDT by Mikey_1962
A world-renowned motorcycle safety expert from Squirrel Hill was killed over the weekend in a motorcycle accident in Texas.
Larry Grodsky, 55, owner of Stayin' Safe Motorcycle Training, died after a deer ran in front of his motorcycle Saturday night in Fort Stockton, Texas.
Grodsky, a Gateway High School graduate, had a decades-long love affair with motorcycles and trained celebrities including Ted Koppel and Mike Tyson on safe-driving techniques.
He was the nephew of Myron Cope, the longtime Pittsburgh Steelers announcer who retired last year.
His mother, Violet Grodsky, also 85, said her son began riding motorcycles while attending Ohio University, where he graduated with an English degree in 1968.
He spent a few years teaching in Ohio schools and doing freelance writing for several magazines before returning to Pittsburgh and opening his training center, Violet Grodsky said.
Grodsky, who was single, traveled the country attending training and safety seminars and was returning from a conference in California when the accident happened. An officer with the Texas Department of Public Safety said he did not know whether Grodsky was wearing a helmet or what kind of motorcycle he was driving.
Grodsky had many friends and valued the work he did for charity, his father said.
He participated in charity motorcycle events and did other volunteer work, Harold Grodsky said.
"That was typical of Larry to always be helping other people and thinking about those who had less or were suffering," he said.
Luke Hingson, president of the Brother's Brother Foundation in the North Side, said Grodsky helped the organization raise money for the victims of the December 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia and for victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
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ho,ho, you are correct ,sir.
man,...go lock yourself in your basement. LIFE is dangerous.
You'll live to be 500 years old with abilities like that. It'll doom social security. Keep it to yourself, okay?
What kind of motorcycle do you ride and what is the engine displacement?
~ Blue Jays ~
As a Motorccyle Safety Expert I stand by my advice to never get on them. Better advice, you'll never get.
This part about deer coming through the windshield of my SUV *shrug* you should maybe talk to an SUV Safety Expert on that one. My area of expertise is just motorcycle safety.
"...There is a reason EMT's call them donorcycles..."
OMG, that is soooo funny! Nobody has ever said that before on a motorcycle thread! Donorcycles...boy, is that sure clever.
~ Blue Jays ~
After being declared the winner of that bout, I celebrated with a bike wash & 2 shots of JD. :-)
An engineering school friend of my husband's has served for years as an expert witness for Harley in lawsuits. He says he'd never own, nor ride one.
Truth hurts?
Get lost you little prick.
Dont feel bad. I did the exact same thing yesterday on the IRAM thread.
Good thing I wasn't there, I probably would have high sided from laughing.
Yoi................. I used to know this guy.
Total bummer.
File this in the "Those Who Can - Do; Those Who can't - Teach." category.
Hey,, the other 3 boneheads I was riding with did just that!,,,,,,,,,,,, But me,, I was too busy looking for a hiding spot to check my shorts!
(PS: no stain, good to go!) :-)
Adrenaline is brown... don't ask me how I know this.
Peace.
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